The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-24
FRATERNITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS
The Secret Societies.


Marion Lodge will work the first degree on
Wednesday evening.
Pentalpha Lodge. F. and A. NJ. will confer
the NJ. NJ. degree on Thursday evening.
The Royal Arch degree will be conferred by
Indianapolis Chapter. r. A. NJ. on Friday even
ing.
keystone Chapter. R. A. NJ, has number of
candidates elected for the degrees and will prob
ably commence initiating on May 8.
A meeting of the Council of Deliberation of
the A. and A. S. R. for the district of Indiana,
will be held in the library rooms of the temple
on Tussday afternoon at o'clock.
Adoniram Grand Lodge Of Perfection. A and
A. S. R., will hold a business meeting on
Wednesday evening. at which time q date will
probably be fixed for the resumption of work
The reception and entertainment committees
Of Murat Temple. A. A. o. n. NJ. S., are indus
trousiy at work preparing for the annual session
of the Imperial Council, which meets in this city
in June.
Cortez F. Holiday and Joseph W. Smith.
while at Terre Haute, last week. visited the
working room of Terre Haute Lodge, No 10
They report it as one of the finest in decorations
and furnishings to be found in the West
The Grand Cemmandery of Knights Tempiar
of Indiana, which convenes in annual session,
in Masonic Temple, on Tuesday afternoon at 2
o'clock, will have it's headquarters at the Bates
House A large attendance Of representatives
is expected.
A special conclave Of Raper Commandery. K
T., will be called at 145 o'clock Tuesday
evening. The Order of the Temple will be ex-
emplifed. according to the new ritual in the
presence OF the officers and representatives of the
Grand Commandery.
The Masonic Mutual Benefit Society has issued
a pamphlet extolling its claims as an insurance
organization. Since 1870 it has paid. in its two
ceased members The board Of directors are
Robert S. Robertson. Fort Wayne; Albert P.
Charles. Seymour: Henry H. Lancaster Lafay-
cite; Robert Van Valzah, Terre Haute; Webster
S. Richey. Muncie: Andrew j. Hay, Austin II.
Brown, James W. Hess and Martin H. Rice In
dianapols.
A committee representing Marion, Center and
Capital City Lodges. F. and A. M. and Indian
apols Chapter r. A. NJ. are trying to secure bet
ter and more commodious quarters for their re-
spective bodies An arrangement will likely be
made with Mr.. DePauw IN regard to the upper
stories of his new building the corner of
Pennsylvania street and Virginia avenue. If
these are secured the committee say they will
have the most convenient and accessible lodge
rooms in the city.
oDD-FELLows.
The grand master instituted q new lodge at
Geneva, Adams county, last week.
General Pfaflin and J. ". McQuiddy will 20
to Angola on Wednesday, to muster q canton
Pstriarehs Militant
At tho meeting of Corinthian Lodge. on Fri
received and referred.
Franklin Lodge at Rushville. and Wildman
Lodge. at Kokomo. have each taken in over
twenty members this term.
Grand Master Grant will dedicate the new hall
Of Liverpool Lodge, at Washington on the 18th,
and will deliver an anniversary address,
indianapolis Lodge is preparing to give rem
diton of the degree work, on Wednesday even
ing, during the session Of the Grand Lodge.
Omega Lodge, at Portland, has one of the
best working degree stats in the State, and have
taken in over forty membe during this term.
Metropolitan Encampment conferred the Pa
triarchal degree on Monday night. At the next
meeting the Golden Rule and ROYAL Purple de-
grees will be conferred.
Philoxenisn Lodge conferred the second and
third degrees on Wednesday night The intia-
tory degree will be conferred on next Wednesday
evening Important business will also come up.
Rebekah Degree lodges will be instituted at
Deputy. Pittsboro and Colfax this week. the
latter will be under the direction of T. E. Brad
shaw, OF Thorntown, who will doubtless take
the degree staff Of Eden Lodge with him to do
the work
The general committee arrangements for
unwilling the Colfax monument will meet in the
Encampment room. Grand Lodge building, on
Thursday evening" at 7:30 o'clock. The SUBJ
committees are expected to report the condition
of the various matters under their charge
Sixty-eight years ago next Tuesday the order
of Odd-fellows was instituted in this country.
It is true that prior to 1919 there had been a
lodge in New York, but it soon ceased to work
The movement of Thomas Wi!dey and John
Welch. in Baltimore, April &c. lS19 can be
traced back with certainty, and therefore the
Sovereign Grand Lodge has formally fixed that
date as the starting point of the order in this
country. Throughout this country and Canada